Teen attacked by dog, beaten with bat

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Mar 3, 2013 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - An 18-year-old man was walking in a parking lot in the first block of East Harding Way shortly before 7 p.m. Friday when someone pulled up in a truck and started arguing with him, police said.

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STOCKTON - An 18-year-old man was walking in a parking lot in the first block of East Harding Way shortly before 7 p.m. Friday when someone pulled up in a truck and started arguing with him, police said.

A man got out of the vehicle holding an aluminum baseball bat. The man's dog then jumped from the truck and tried to bite the victim, officers said. The victim kicked and hit the dog, upsetting the assailant, who then hit the victim with the bat, police said.

The victim complained of pain and was taken to the hospital by a friend, authorities said. The assailant fled east on Harding Way. He was described as a white man in his late 40s with short gray hair, brown eyes, a gray T-shirt, blue jeans and work boots, police said. He was driving a maroon two-door extended cab pickup.